About Doddachellur Village

Doddachellur is a large village in Challakere tehsil, in the district of Chitradurga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,271, made up of 1,126 males and 1,145 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,017 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2370.28 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577538, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Doddachellur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Doddachellur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Chitradurga
Tehsil	Challakere
Pincode	577538
Area (hectares)	2370.28 hectares
Population	2,271
Male Population	1,126
Female Population	1,145
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,017
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Doddachellur compares

By the 2011 count Doddachellur is the 33rd largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,718 residents. Its 2370.28 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 953.

Getting to Doddachellur

Doddachellur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Doddachellur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Doddachellur from other places

Doddachellur lies about 52 km from Chitradurga, and the nearest railway station is Challakere, about 28 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Doddachellur
Nearest railway station	Challakere	28 km
District headquarters	Chitradurga	52 km

Villages closest to Doddachellur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Challakere tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Doddachellur

As per the Census of India 2011, Doddachellur village had a population of 2,271. That makes it the 33rd largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,718 residents.

Doddachellur village has 1,126 males and 1,145 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Doddachellur has about 1017 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 953.

The pincode recorded for Doddachellur is 577538. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Doddachellur covers 2370.28 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Doddachellur falls under Challakere tehsil of Chitradurga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Doddachellur is Challakere, about 28 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Doddachellur.

Doddachellur is about 52 km from Chitradurga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Doddachellur is in Challakere tehsil of Chitradurga district. Challakere is about 28 km away. Chitradurga is about 52 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.